Asia in Pictures

A man prepares to sleep on a bench near Beijing's Tiananmen Square, people protest against rising prices in Bangladesh, firemen fight a blaze in China, and more.

Updated Sept. 23, 2011 3:23 a.m. ET

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Protesters shouted slogans as police stood guard during a strike against rising prices in front of the parliamentary building Thursday in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Andrew Biraj/Reuters…

An injured boy kissed his mother as he waited medical treatment in a hospital in Gangtok, India, Tuesday. Thousands of terrified survivors of the Himalayan earthquake crowded into shelters or stayed out in the open for fear of aftershocks.
Anupam Nath/Associated Press…

Kalyani Das, left, tied her husband, who suffers from a mental disorder, to the metal bars of a train window with a chain as they traveled from their home to Kolkata Monday.
Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters…

A Telangana supporter broke the windows of a bus Thursday in Hyderabad, India. The supporters demanded the creation of a new Telangana state carved out of the existing Andhra Pradesh state.
Mahesh Kumar A./Associated Press…

A local Kashmiri beekeeper collected fresh honey from an artificial beehive Thursday on his farm in the outskirts of Srinagar, India.
Farooq Khan/European Pressphoto Agency…

A U.S. soldier chewed tobacco next to a machine gun Thursday in Ghaziabad district, Kunar province, Afghanistan.
Erik De Castro/Reuters…

More than 1,000 prostitutes,wearing caps and masks to cover their identities, participated in a rally against the enacted anti-prostitution law in Seoul Thursday.
Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press…

A man prepared to sleep on a bench Thursday near Beijing's Tiananmen Gate.
Jason Lee/Reuters…

A woman balanced the 'Yue Ya Chan', a traditional Chinese pole weapon, on her head as she exercised in a park in Xi'an, China's Shaanxi province, Tuesday.
Rooney Chen/Reuters…

Firefighters were trying to put out a fire at a building in central Shanghai Thursday. An underground gas pipe was damaged and set off an explosion which caused a nearby building to catch fire.
Reuters…

South Africa's Francois Hougaard dived across the line to score a try Thursday during their Rugby World Cup game against Namibia at the at the North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.
Dita Alangkara/Associated Press…